Discussion of newer designs, copies and reissue offset-waist instruments.
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i love sharin foo
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by i love sharin foo » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:43 am
Marc wrote:
there were plenty of nitrate tort guard around in 66.... the sunburst one I have from 66 is def nitrate - has the 'green' middle band and has shrunk/warped some. I just think they used them up slowly.... they probably ordered more which were the dark vinyl type and put them in the 'pickguard pile' over the remaining nitrate ones which then showed up again later on when stocks were low. My theory anyway.
I am thinking along those lines too. Here is my '66 XII:
Justin
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by daydreamdelay » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:07 am
wow all your guards are very very similar
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by glimmertwin » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:13 am
i love sharin foo wrote:
Marc wrote:
there were plenty of nitrate tort guard around in 66.... the sunburst one I have from 66 is def nitrate - has the 'green' middle band and has shrunk/warped some. I just think they used them up slowly.... they probably ordered more which were the dark vinyl type and put them in the 'pickguard pile' over the remaining nitrate ones which then showed up again later on when stocks were low. My theory anyway.
I am thinking along those lines too. Here is my '66 XII:
Justin
I could really go for more pictures of the Fiesta Red with tort - I love that combination!
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